Research Universities of the Year 2015
Three universities gain RE$EARCH Infosource’s designation of Research University of the Year in their category for their performance on a
balanced set of input, output and impact measures for FY2014. These universities demonstrated superior achievement both in earning research
income and in publishing research in leading scientific journals.
Rank Medical/Doctoral
1
University of Toronto
2
McGill University
University of British
Columbia
3
Score* Rank Comprehensive
Score* Rank Undergraduate
Score*
100.0
1
University of Waterloo
95.2
1
Lakehead University
89.3
68.4
2
University of Guelph
81.6
2
Université du Québec à Rimouski
84.0
64.4
3
Simon Fraser University
70.3
3
Trent University
83.2
*The Score in each category is out of a possible 100 points based on the following indicators and weighting: 2 input measures: total sponsored research income (20%), and research intensity
(20%); 2 output measures: total number of publications in leading journals (20%) and publication intensity (20%), and 1 impact measure: publication impact (20%). For each measure, the top
ranking institution is assigned a score of 100 and the other institutions’ scores are calculated as a percentage of the first ranked institution. To be eligible to be included in the Research
Universities of the Year Tier Group rankings, universities must first have ranked in the top 50% in their respective tier group for all 5 measures. See www.researchinfosource.com for details.
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